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Table 3 Gynecologic and obstetric characteristics of women coming for infant first measles vaccination at Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia, Dessie Model Clinic, Northeast Ethiopia, 2021 (n = 472)

From: Time to postpartum family planning initiation and its predictors among mothers coming for first measles vaccination at Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia, Dessie Model Clinic, Northeast Ethiopia: cox-regression model

Variable

Category

Frequency (%)

No of alive children

1–2

361 (76.48)

3–4

97 (20.55)

 ≥ 5

14 (2.97)

Desired number of children

1–2

42 (8.90)

3–4

288 (61.02)

 ≥ 5

142 (30.08)

Want more child

No

72 (15.25)

Yes

400 (84.750

History of abortion

No

426 (90.25)

Yes

46 (9.75)

History of cesarean section

No

340 (72.03)

Yes

132 (27.97)

Status of last pregnancy

Unintended

62 (13.14)

Wanted

410 (86.86)

History of dead child

No

436 (92.37)

Yes

36 (7.63)

Postnatal care utilization

No

328 (69.49)

Yes

144 (30.51)

Status of menses

No

84 (17.80)

Yes

388 (82.20)